In order for the United States to achieve full functionality and innovation of health information technologies, it must put forward a well-articulated, futuristic collective plan at the national level. Disparities across health systems around digital orientation point to the need of a national digital mission and strategy, which is currently missing. In a new study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver) Business School researchers, Jiban Khuntia, Ph.D., Xue Ning, Ph.D., and Rulon Stacey, Ph.D., strongly point to the gaps across heath systems in digital orientation and the subsequent recommendations for a national strategy.